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Mehrdad
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“Teachers should prepare the student for the student’s future, not for the teacher’s past.”
― The Art of Doing Science and Engineering: Learning to Learn
― The Art of Doing Science and Engineering: Learning to Learn
“The purpose of computation is insight, not numbers.”
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“if I had to live my life again, I would have made a rule to read some poetry and listen to some music at least once every week;”
― The Autobiography of Charles Darwin with Biographical Introduction
― The Autobiography of Charles Darwin with Biographical Introduction
“Most people like to believe something is or is not true. Great scientists tolerate ambiguity very well. They believe the theory enough to go ahead; they doubt it enough to notice the errors and faults so they can step forward and create the new replacement theory. If you believe too much you'll never notice the flaws; if you doubt too much you won't get started. It requires a lovely balance.”
― You and Your Research
― You and Your Research
“The applications of knowledge, especially mathematics, reveal the unity of all knowledge. In a new situation almost anything and everything you ever learned might be applicable, and the artificial divisions seem to vanish.”
― Methods of Mathematics Applied to Calculus, Probability, and Statistics
― Methods of Mathematics Applied to Calculus, Probability, and Statistics
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Mehrdad’s 2025 Year in Books
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Biography, Business, Classics, Literary Fiction, Memoir, Music, Mystery, Non-fiction, Philosophy, Psychology, Science, Self help, Thriller, Young-adult, short-stories, academic, reference, money, leadership, environment, mental-health, adhd, personal-development, geography, biology, technology, geology, evolution, classic-literature, cult-classics, adventurers, autobiography, true-story, history-of-science, productivity, writing, research, dictionaries, guidebook, books-about-books, language, linguistics, communication, words, earth-sciences, earth, planetary-science, how-to, and teaching
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